A Place to Discover, Connect and Grow!
2026 Registration Dates
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Forest School is a long-term nature connection process that centres the child-at-play in a natural setting. Sessions take place on a regular and repeating basis, in the same outdoor space, over an extended period of time. Forest School focuses on small child-to-adult ratios, using loose, natural materials to support children in developing a reciprocal relationship with their outdoor space.
Our Forest School sessions are the heart of the Forest School experience. Running during the spring and fall, these sessions normalize being outdoors during the colder months. Our summer camps run on a weekly basis, with children attending Monday to Friday. They're a great way to connect, discover, and grow in a short period of time.
We offer programs for children aged 3-12. During the spring and fall sessions, each age group attends on a different day of the week and weekly summer camps are offered by age group. There is overlap in the age groups to allow parents/guardians to place their child in the program that best suits their needs, expectations and experience.
We are in Mi'kma'ki
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The Truro Forest School operates within Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral homeland of the Mi’kmaq. This Land has nurtured L’nu’k since time immemorial—teaching the rhythms of the seasons, the knowledge of the waters, and the reciprocal relationship between all living beings.
We recognize the Mi’kmaq as the original stewards of the ecological cycles we depend upon.
To learn in the forest is to enter into a relationship with this Land and with the original knowledge holders who have always lived with it. We honour Mi’kmaw teachings such as Netukulimk, which reminds us to live in balance—never taking more than is needed and always giving back in a good way. We are guided by Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing), which invites us to bring together Indigenous and Western knowledge into a balanced view.
At Truro Forest School, we are committed to ensuring Mi’kmaw voices, teachings, and leadership are not additional or symbolic, but foundational. We strive to cultivate a learning environment where our little humans understand that we are all Treaty People—each with responsibilities to the Land, the waters, the animals, and to one another.
With humility, we acknowledge that we are guests in Mi’kma’ki. We invite all who learn with us to approach this Land with respect, curiosity, and care, and to walk alongside Mi’kmaw communities as we restore balance for future generations.
Msɨt Ko’kmaq - All Our Relations
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